Firefox and ".asp"

Roger Fink

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Jun 12, 2009, 11:08:45 AM6/12/09

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When I save a web page as "Web Page, HTML only"using FF3, it will then only
open properly using IE. The file extension is .asp. When I use FF to open it
the browser keeps opening in new tabs one after the other without end. I've
since changed the asociation, both in Windows and in FF, back to IE.

I'd rather not have IE be the default application for anything, so I'm
wondering if there is a way to fix this.

Jay Garcia

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Jun 12, 2009, 11:30:43 AM6/12/09

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On 12.06.2009 10:08, Roger Fink wrote:

--- Original Message ---

.asp like .php is server-side generated into an HTML file. Can't do it
locally in other than IE that I know of.

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Mighty Chaffinch

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Jun 12, 2009, 1:26:28 PM6/12/09

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Jay Garcia wrote:
>> When I save a web page as "Web Page, HTML only"using FF3, it will then
>> only
>> open properly using IE. The file extension is .asp. When I use FF to
>> open it
>> the browser keeps opening in new tabs one after the other without end.
>> I've
>> since changed the asociation, both in Windows and in FF, back to IE.
>>
>> I'd rather not have IE be the default application for anything, so I'm
>> wondering if there is a way to fix this.
>>
>>
>
> .asp like .php is server-side generated into an HTML file. Can't do it
> locally in other than IE that I know of.

.asp (classic ASP) is a server-side technology only. You can't do it
locally even in IE. If I try to open one of my local .asp files in
either IE or FF, I just get the file rendered as plain text.

The real question is why FF is saving the file as type .asp instead of
type .htm.

MC

Roger Fink

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Jun 12, 2009, 4:31:23 PM6/12/09

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Jay Garcia wrote:
> On 12.06.2009 10:08, Roger Fink wrote:
>
> --- Original Message ---
>
>> When I save a web page as "Web Page, HTML only"using FF3, it will
>> then only open properly using IE. The file extension is .asp. When I
>> use FF to open it the browser keeps opening in new tabs one after
>> the other without end. I've since changed the asociation, both in
>> Windows and in FF, back to IE.
>>
>> I'd rather not have IE be the default application for anything, so
>> I'm wondering if there is a way to fix this.
>>
>>
>
> .asp like .php is server-side generated into an HTML file. Can't do it
> locally in other than IE that I know of.

OK, I guess it's IE then.

Roger Fink

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Jun 12, 2009, 4:35:52 PM6/12/09

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I was wondering about that myself. Maybe it was because the page was behind
in a highly secure area (had to log in), not that I can see the connection
there. The real answer may be simply that, based on past experience, these
guys are the cybergang that couldn't shoot straight.

Ralph Fox

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Jun 12, 2009, 6:00:36 PM6/12/09

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Change the file extension to .html when you save it.

.asp files are scripts which are run on the web server to generate HTML output.
What you get from the server contains HTML, not the original .asp script.

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Regards
Ralph

Roger Fink

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Jun 12, 2009, 7:25:53 PM6/12/09

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Yes, that worked exactly as you described: .html or .htm